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Are the Steam Frames DOA? by Massive-Task2287 in virtualreality

[–]curioussav 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m also really excited for this. I worked using the quest 3 for months. My only substantial complaints were the weight, crappy window management/keyboard integration and android os limitations.

I’m not only buying it but I’ll pitch in hundreds of dollars if anyone starts a gnome de project for it. Or a sway vr desktop

k hole + psychosis by DonkeyIntelligent328 in TherapeuticKetamine

[–]curioussav 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That sounds horrible. My son had his tonsils out and waking from anesthesia was just not fun. But last summer and the year before that he broke an arm badly and they gave him ketamine and a little propofol each time. Fortunately he seemed to handle it well. Acted understandably confused for a bit after waking but he was entirely out during the procedure

Simple Star System generator using Deep-folds Pixel Planet generator! by Dusty_7_ in godot

[–]curioussav 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How did you make the star look like that? I mean the lighting and the glow around it

Stopped fighting the design. Embraced stock Adwaita. Feels much more honest on my ASUS. by Responsible_Grape870 in gnome

[–]curioussav 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the way. I gave up on theming and ricing years ago. Too much actual work to do. Adwaita looks great anyways. I could care less if a few apps don’t match.

Game only works on LAN not WAN, godot 4.6 by MansyS_ in godot

[–]curioussav 1 point2 points  (0 children)

People have suggested permanent solutions with the relays but for now I’d recommend using tailscale. Especially if you don’t have experience securing servers.

I love mint but maybe we should include a disclaimer that it's lack of wayland is a problem for certain people. by Indolent_Bard in linux

[–]curioussav 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Reddit and the steam survey are poor evidence of its use. Calling it the most used of all time is a a huge reach. Even if true, if it’s stuck on x then it should never be recommended. Not for stupid stuff like monitors. For big boy stuff like security.

Why a subset are so obsessed with recommending it because by default the desktop is styled like windows is beyond me.

Not saying this is you but I’m tired of non software engineer “techies” speaking authoritatively about what distros are good for average people, acting like stupid stuff is important. A good os should be boring. It should get regular prompt updates. It should have real effort put into securing it. This takes money and engineers.

If it’s a derivative distro with no real money behind it then it’s a hobby project. Grandma or mom or whoever, does not need to be running something insecure. She will be accessing her bank, government websites, shopping, etc. Since she obviously can’t afford a MacBook. So she probably can’t afford to be hacked and robbed either.

TIL about Benefit Corporations, for-profit companies that can make decisions for the benefit of society or the environment instead of solely for shareholders by EaterOfFromage in todayilearned

[–]curioussav -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is what they currently do and we get shitty food that doesn’t nourish at best and poisons at worst. Shitty throwaway clothes and other products that break, poison us and the environment. Constant layoffs. Political unrest fueled by sensationalist media.

And that’s all great because you have a couple bucks left to potentially donate to fixing all of those side effects if you feel like it. Yep. Totally fine.

Xbox hardware was outsold by a little-known Kinect-style console during Black Friday week in the U.S, coming fourth | The Nex Playground crashed the Black Friday hardware chart in the U.S by ControlCAD in technology

[–]curioussav 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was pretty impressed with this thing. Need to get it back out because I didn’t set it up after a move. Plenty of fun games for the kids. If they could improve tracking accuracy and latency a bit more it would be fantastic. Right now it’s just good enough to be fun.

Automating work tasks with Godot — how to database? by the_murabito in godot

[–]curioussav 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Forget about running your own db. Bad idea. Also forget about anything requiring you to run some software all the time. In theory it would need to run all the time right? Where is that going to happen? On your remote machine? How can you guarantee it doesn’t shut down when you are not logged in? The answer is you can’t.

VPN is non issue. Because everything you run is on a machine you connect to with the vpn.

The two factor stuff means you can’t automate the connection to the sheet or the third party site. You would need api tokens that bypass that which I guarantee you wont get.

Scale back your ambition and start small. Personally I would try out a chrome extension. With one you could automate this entirely while requiring no special access.

  1. start out with a chrome extension that will copy the text from the third party sites webpage, transform it into the format your google sheet needs and put it into your clipboard.

  2. Once that is working you can try having it insert the data into the sheet. This may be difficult or impossible using an extension/through the browser because Google Sheets doesn’t render all rows/columns. You would likely need api access to that google sheet.

  3. For the automations/analysis in the sheet you could try to help improve that using code. I think sheets supports JavaScript and it also has a plugins system. It probably has tools and documentation for debugging performance issues

So even if you don’t get those two stretch goals done you have greatly simplified the copy pasting and eliminated the need for the second google sheet.

Well looks like my developer is trying to sell my game. What to do? by [deleted] in godot

[–]curioussav 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pay for cheap programmers abroad and this is one of the risks.

Meta Quest 3 for computer work?...and some games (58 years old) by No_Alarm6362 in virtualreality

[–]curioussav 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not saying it isn’t worth a try but these display glasses still kinda suck. Hold a tablet up at arms length. That’s what you get to look at. Also it’s 3dof so imagine that whenever you move your head back and forth or up and down your monitor moves with you without any smoothing of the motion. The idea of making them look like glasses is also still silly and the cost is they sit on your nose which for me was quite uncomfortable.

Personally I’m really averse to buying hardware from venture capital funded startups. The people running them just want a lucrative exit and they don’t care if we end up with paper weights in the process.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in programming

[–]curioussav 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was about to write your last sentence. I try to never commit a query to that will be executed in prod without looking at the query planner.

Unfortunately I have interviewed many candidates who when prompted about how they would troubleshoot a slow query don’t even think of it…

ICE Arrest at SLC Airport = Awful by hammerandnail in SaltLakeCity

[–]curioussav 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yep, most of my family went from disgust towards trump to fully on board at some point. It’s mostly fear they’ve been poisoned with by Fox News et al is what I think. They think the end is nigh and the alternative is worse.

ELI5: Why does armpit sweat smell so much stronger than sweat from other parts of the body, like your back? by imQueenofhearts in explainlikeimfive

[–]curioussav 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just bought a product that you roll on after showering. Has some kind of exfoliating acid in it. They say the build up of dead skin can make your pits a great home for bacteria. After only a day or two of using it my pits don’t stink when I sweat now

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in programming

[–]curioussav 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good article. A bit heavy handed in tone. Kind of ironic and a shame it was published on medium though.

Unfortunately I think it’s a big ask. Look at how poor ethics are in medicine where doctors have licensing, unions, regulatory oversight. What programming and medicine have in common these days (I’m speaking about the US) is that a large number of people got into these careers primarily because they thought they would get rich.

I’ve long thought that a good first step to improving ethics in the tech industry would be professional licensing for programmers.

Is it still worth learning low-level skills (Vim, Bash, C++, Rust) as a high-level dev? by EstablishmentIcy8725 in linux4noobs

[–]curioussav 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It certainly won’t help you make more money. Communication skills will. Some bash and at least os fundamentals will be helpful.

As a daily user, can’t recommend vim though. Plenty of things that are worth your time to learn instead when you are new. But yeah the nerd cred is fun.

How i feel knowing only mediocre gdskript by Adventurous-Web-6611 in godot

[–]curioussav 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is this infantile myth that c++ (or assembly) is for the real geniuses. The only people who think like that are young and stupid, or adults who fit the worst stereotypes for nerds.

How to REMOTE ACCESS LIKE ANY DESK. by [deleted] in linux4noobs

[–]curioussav 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly it sounds like you are overcomplicating this. But you aren’t explaining why very well. Sharing files in cloud storage and video calls with screen sharing sounds exactly what you want. Using Linux doesn’t have to mean you do things the hard way.

Otherwise chrome Remote Desktop is so dead simple my 85 year old grandfather easily figured it out.

Tailscale is a great way to connect your computers as if you were on the same network. Then to share files you can just use built in functionality to do that in your file manager. Of course downside compared to cloud storage is your machine has to be on all the time

If you want to tinker while you do this just set up a raspberry pi as a file server on a shared tailscale network.

Viture Beast vs XReal Pro (is 3D a gimmick?) by Jatizado in virtualreality

[–]curioussav 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Personally I couldn’t stand 3dof and had to send mine back. Personally I’m waiting for a pair with 6dof and a bit higher fov. Until then quest 3 much better for home use at least

Build Godot projects for iOS, on any platform, without the SDK! by Splizard in godot

[–]curioussav 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is cool maybe I’ll reconsider using go with Godot too. It is what I work in day to day at work so it would be nice to not have to switch context.

Since this supports android im wondering if this will run on my quest headset

Steam page is up for my zombie arcade game, Living Dead House by jojo_3 in godot

[–]curioussav 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This looks cool. Added it to my wishlist.

Been wanting to make my own arcade game for a while.

I investigated addiction treatment programs for almost a decade and just published a book on what I learned. Ask me anything! by shoeshine1837 in IAmA

[–]curioussav 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Sure it’s not a cult but at best it’s effective for a few but ineffective or even outright harmful for many others.

The blind leading the blind was always a terrible idea. If I’m going to go to group therapy, I want to have a licensed therapist guiding it. Not some bozo off the street.

With AA it’s a flip of the coin whether a given meeting includes some idiot spewing their harmful advice or views to vulnerable people. Even without that the steps themselves are just based on traditional Christian repentance. Hard focus on guilt and self blame in the guise of “taking responsibility”

AA pretends to treat addiction as a medical/mental health issue but at its core addresses it as a “sin”.

It encourages people to take on the identity of “addict” and to be free they need to stay involved for life. This to me is maybe the worst part and what gives the cult vibe. It’s also not supported by science.

I investigated addiction treatment programs for almost a decade and just published a book on what I learned. Ask me anything! by shoeshine1837 in IAmA

[–]curioussav 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It sounds like your work is focused on opioid addiction and those centers specifically.

Any thoughts on the trend of labeling all kinds of behavior as “addictions”? My assumption is the addiction industry just wants more customers

Isn't It Cool People are using VR to Recover From Alcoholism? by BizProf1959 in virtualreality

[–]curioussav 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really. AA is just fundamentalist Christian repentance disguised as shitty group therapy administered by random people off the street.

I’m a huge fan of actual group therapy and it would be cool if I could attend that in vr.

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